Forgot to Assign IP to a Cat 2950

[KingMooCow]

I have a Catalyst 2950 at a site in the field, where my installers forgot to assign a management IP... Is there any way I can use CDP, or something to remotely get in to this switch (Through another switch or a Cisco 1210 Access Point that are directly connected?) I can SEE the switch from the AP via show CDP neighbor - and I'm just hoping there's a way I can get in remotely without having to have someone go out there and console in.

Please advise if this is/is not possible.

Thanks!

 

[MTandSAV]

via a console server if thats been attached you can connect to it.

 

[MTandSAV]

woops sorry...just saw your last msg

"and I'm just hoping there's a way I can get in remotely without having to have someone go out there and console in."

 

[BuckWeet]

Is there a router out there??

if so, you could hookup a rollover cable between the aux port and the console port, then do a reverse telnet session...

 

[KingMooCow]

Nah, no router at this locale -- but even if there was, I'd still have to have someone go out there and hook it all up.

 

[nawlej]

is the swtch in the same subnet as another server?

from a unix command line, you can do a ping -b and see what icmp is broadcasting to.

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[NetEng631]

Your going to need to send someone out there.

Sorry

 

[KingMooCow]

Yup - I was afraid of that, just looking for an easier solution that I might have overlooked.

Thanks!

 

[lui3]

if you have another cluster capable switch like a 3500 or 2950 or 2970 even a 4500 you can setup a cluster and join the switch to the cluster and then use the rcommand to connect to it.

the other cluster switch will need to be in the same vlan/subnet

use the following at the CLI to setup the cluster


cluster xxxx enable
cluster member 1 mac-address xxxx.xxxx.xxxx password

if you don't know the mac address use

show cluster candidates

then from the enable prompt type

rcommand 1